1. A Levite (1Es 5:58); called in Ezr 3:9 Judah; elsewhere Hodaviah, Ezr 2:40; Hodevah, Ne 7:43; Sudias, 1Es 5:26. 2. An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:26).
The Levites: The children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, four and seventy.
And Jeshua stood with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel with his sons and the children of Judah, to further the workmen of the house of God; namely, the children of Henadad with their children and their brethren the Levites.
The Levites: the children of Jeshua of Kadmiel, among the children of Hodevah, four and seventy.
which was the son of Maath: which was the son of Mattathias: which was the son of Semein: which was the son of Joseph: which was the son of Judah:
Jo'da
in Revised Version for JUDA.
See Juda
Lu 3:26
which was the son of Maath: which was the son of Mattathias: which was the son of Semein: which was the son of Joseph: which was the son of Judah: